The Long Now of Technology Infrastructure: Articulating Tensions in Development

Item Type Journal Article Author Georgetown University Author David Ribes Author Thomas Finholt Author University of Michigan URL https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol10/iss5/5/ Volume 10 Issue 5 Pages 375-398 Publication Journal of the Association for Information Systems ISSN 15369323 Date 05/2009 Journal Abbr JAIS DOI 10.17705/1jais.00199 Accessed 2024-08-19 03:36:20 Library Catalog DOI.org (Crossref) Language en Abstract Designing e-infrastructure is work conducted today with an eye toward long-term sustainability. Participants in such development projects find themselves caught with one foot in the demands of the present and the other in a desired future. In this paper we seek to capture participants’ formulation of problems as they go about developing long-term information infrastructure. Short Title The Long Now of Technology Infrastructure